Cairns Performing Arts Centre marks a rich new beginning in the cultural life of Far North Queensland. CPAC sits at the heart of a Council-led initiative entitled The Precinct, consisting of the performing arts centre, tropical parkland and amphitheatre. The new facility contains both a 940-seat main theatre and a 400-seat space, is technically equipped to support the world’s best performers but maintains a scale appropriate to community use as well.

▼立面采用幕板调节内部光线，screen wraps around the building mediate light conditions

From the outset, our plan for the project was underpinned by the following principles: the building must be inclusive and welcoming to Cairns’ diverse and vibrant community; it must be flexible, allowing a range of community and professional uses; it must be technologically appropriate to ensure that it attracts the best acts; and it must be economically sound, creating new facilities that would increase revenue and thereby help to offset capital costs.

▼大厅在街道层塑造了一种充满活力的感觉，the foyer creates a feeling of dynamism at street level

Visually and functionally, the building inherently responds to its tropical surrounds. Verandah-like foyer spaces blur the edges between inside and out and create a feeling of dynamism at street level. A visually striking screen wraps around the building, enhancing its civic presence, helping to mediate extremes in light conditions and create a play on light in the foyer. Its design alludes to the beautiful Dilly bags and fish nets produced in traditional weaving across Far North Queensland.

▼门廊式的前厅模糊了室内外界线，verandah-like foyer spaces blur the edges between inside and out

The new building celebrates its enviable tropical location and acknowledges the importance that cultural facilities play in the life of a community. CPAC was designed by Cox Architecture in association with CA Architects.